OCTOBER 22, 2018

MARCO POLO DAVAO PHILIPPINES

The Biggest ICT event and gathering of ICT stakeholders in Davao City.

2018 LIVEX and Innovation Summit

With this year's thrust "Driving Digital Transformation Through Innovation," the
summit aims to bring together technology innovators in the country, and provide them with a
platform to share their gains, challenges, and opportunities as they help communities toward
digital transformation.

Simon Wong

Presenter 1

Simon was the co-founder of Sarawak Entrepreneur Association and Co-founding
member of Sarawak Business Federation. As a link between government sectors
and private sectors, leading the SMEs, Entrepreneur and Association members
to develop businesses and economic beyond the state of Sarawak.

He has founded VEONIC Sdn. Bhd. in the year of 2000 as a advance smart
security and automation company. Today, he has founded BIGDEX PLT
-dedicated to promote the future of bigdata community in the state of
Sarawak.

Pg Sarimah Pg Hj Latiff

Track 1 Presenter 2

​Background in ICT and heavily active in networking channels for BIMP-EAGA
ASEAN, and ...

Abdulla Al-Qawasme

Presenter 3

Abdulla Al-Qawasmeh is an engineering leader who has managed machine
learning, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI) engineering teams. He
has held engineering leadership positions at a number of companies in
diverse industries including: Marketing Intelligence, Financial Technology
(FinTech), and Social Media. He currently leads the Communities AI team at
LinkedIn, which uses AI to help build communities centered around areas of
interest on the LinkedIn platform. He holds a Ph.D. degree in computer
engineering. His Ph.D research focused on optimizing scheduling in
large-scale data centers.

Glorpearl Dy

Track 1 Presenter 4

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CEO and co-founder of Swito Corporation, a social innovation hub focused on
giving creative businesses...

Glorpearl Dy

Presenter 4

CEO and co-founder of Swito Corporation, a social innovation hub focused on
giving creative businesses the resources to make their ideas sustainable.
Under her leadership, Swito Corporation has won various recognition for its
initiatives. It won the Smart PayItforward, British Council Ideation Camp,
Our Better World, Google Business Group Stories, Universities and Councils
Network on Innovation for Inclusive Development South East Asia and Great
Impact SouthEast-Asia. In 2015, she won a pitch for ITU World Young
Innovators Challenge held in Budapest, Hungary for the project “Digital
Storytelling and Peacebuilding.” She was awarded Most Distinguished Alumnus
for Media Innovation and Social Enterprise by the University of the
Philippines in Mindanao. She is the manager of the Google Business
Group-Davao and the advisory board for the Creative Innovators Program of
British Council. During her free time, she serves as a mentor in several
start-up pitching competitions.

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His research interests are in biomedical and health informatics, health
data science, artificial intelligence in medicine, terminology standards
and interoperability, translational medicine, clinical decision support,
occupational and public health surveillance, and health data privacy in
LMICs. He is the principal investigator of the EMR module design,
development, and implementation pilot project for XDP-dystonia patients in
the Philippines.

Vic Cabatbat

Track 2 Presenter 3

Co-Founder and Vice President
Hi-Dok Clinic Appointment App

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Health

Vic Cabatbat

Presenter 3

Co-Founder and Vice President
Hi-Dok Clinic Appointment App

Kristina Denoga

Track 2 Presenter 4

Analytics consultant at SAS Philippines
Pre-sales Lead for Business Intelligence in the last 7 years.

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Health

Kristina Denoga

Presenter 4

Analytics consultant at SAS Philippines
Pre-sales Lead for Business Intelligence in the last 7 years.

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the
largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through
innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve
performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976
SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®
‘Giving you’re The Power to Know’ - Through innovative software and
services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform
data into intelligence.

SAS is a trusted analytics powerhouse for organizations seeking immediate
value from their data. A deep bench of analytics solutions and broad
industry knowledge keep our customers coming back and feeling confident.
With SAS®, you can discover insights from your data and make sense of it
all. Identify what’s working and fix what isn’t. Make more intelligent
decisions. And drive relevant change.

Synopsis: The health care industry has made dramatic progress in using big
data and analytics to advance the prover­bial triple aim – better health,
better care experience and lower costs. From health economics and outcomes
research to value-based contracting and population management, health care
is being challenged to rethink the business of medicine. Technologies such
as cloud computing, high-performance analytics and visual analytics have
redefined what is possible, how fast it can be done and how readily it can
be shared. However, much potential remains untapped because many
organizations lack a culture where people understand, value and demand
fact-based decisions and strategies. See how Analytics plays a leading role
in this evolution.

Edwin Marañon

Track 3 Facilitator

Founding Member, ICT Davao, Inc.

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Logistics

Edwin Marañon

Facilitator

Founding Member, ICT Davao, Inc.

Ricky Hanz D. Tagabucba

Track 3 Presenter 1

President and General Manager
JRMT Group of Companies
Errands Davao

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Logistics

Ricky Hanz D. Tagabucba

Presenter 1

President and General Manager
JRMT Group of Companies
Errands Davao
12 Years experience in the Freight and Logistics business
Graduate, Asian Institute of Management
Mini- MBA, Management Development

Emmanuel Francis C. Torre

Track 3 Presenter 1

Business Development Manager, Errands Davao
18 years Experience in the Field of Marketing

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Logistics

Emmanuel Francis C. Torre

Presenter 1

Business Development Manager, Errands Davao
18 years Experience in the Field of Marketing

Mr. Francisco Mauricio

Track 3 Presenter 2

Mr. Francisco Mauricio

Presenter 2

Mr. Francisco "Coco" Mauricio, President of Hirna Mobility Solutions, Inc.,
a taxi-hailing app.
Hirna Mobility Solutions, Inc, is the new and ultimate taxi-hailing app
developed in Davao by Avis Global, Avis Philippines, and Metro Davao Taxi
Association. Hirna is currently available only in Davao, but will soon
expand to reach the whole Philippines.
Our vision is to provide quality taxi services to everyone in the country;
it is our way of improving the lives of Filipino commuters by providing a
reliable app that makes taxi services reliable, safe and affordable.

Richard Kok

Track 3 Presenter 3

A former banker attached to Standard Chartered Bank (M), he later moved to the
corporate world as Group Finance...

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Logistics

Richard Kok

Presenter 3

Richard Kok, Founder, iKargo
A former banker attached to Standard Chartered Bank (M), he later moved to the corporate world as Group Finance Officer for a Bursa listed manufacturing company. Besides his role in Malaysia, Richard was also VP for the Group’s operations in Germany and USA, and was the key lead for acquisition strategies in UK, Italy and China.

Later, built his knowledge and experience as COO in Tiong Nam Logistics Bhd, Malaysia’s largest land transport service provider. Being responsible for the Group’s overall operations, sales & marketing, Richard gained insights into the logistics industry and saw weaknesses and opportunities within the industry.

Kargo uses technology to connect corporate shippers to thousands of independent third party logistic service providers (land, sea & air). We currently have 2,500 trucks in our ecosystem covering Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand.

iKargo.com

Hanz E. Concepcion

Track 3 Presenter 4

Being in the advertising industry for almost 20 years, time and divine chances had
contributed a lot to his growth...

SEGMENT 1: Innovating with the InnovatorsTRACK 3: e-Logistics

Hanz E. Concepcion

Presenter 4

Being in the advertising industry for almost 20 years, time and divine chances had
contributed a lot to his growth among these are his endeavors as Sales Consultant for
18 years in ABS-CBN Corporation, his involvement in the advertising business as major partner in
CONCEPT CLINCHERS BUSINESS CONSULTANCY , INC., for 4 years, his actual involvement in advertising,
marketing and business operation for South Brews Coffee, his involvement in online sales and marketing
for 1UNIVERSAL TOWERS.com - the first coffee shop supply shopping site for Mindanao that launched last year,
Operations Manager for LA CONCEPCION de PROPRIEDAD, Inc. , and now he heads the group in it’s conceptualization
and the operation of the Philippine’s first wet market site and online App both for iOS and Android , The PALENGKE BOY

Virgil Fuentes

Track 4 Facilitator

Virgil Fuentes

Facilitator

Regional Information Technology Coordinator, National Computer Center, DICT
XI
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
Job requires one to know any information across ICT industry to assist
clients in initiatives they wanted to pursue.
Act as technical consultant, trainor, system development troubleshooter,
forum speaker/moderator were among the long list of tasks that needs to be
performed.

Atty. Marissa Torrentera

Track 4 Presenter 1

Atty. Marissa Torrentera

Presenter 1

Davao City Business Bureau Officer-in-Charge
Highlight: Implementation of e-BPLS and other digital innovations that the
city is implementing, with the presence and assistance of the knowledgeable
personnel of the City
Information and Technology Center (CITC)

Edwin Palero

Track 4 Presenter 2

Mr. Edwin A. Palero is the eGovernance Project Manager of the Provincial
Government of Davao del Norte...

Edwin Palero

Presenter 2

Mr. Edwin A. Palero is the eGovernance Project Manager of the Provincial
Government of Davao del Norte where he oversees and supervises the development,
implementation, and evaluation of various projects on system development. He is also
the P.G. Assistant Department Head of the Provincial Human Resource Management
Office and has been with the provincial government for 24 years. Under his leadership,
he helped the eGovernance Team of Davao del Norte develop a number of state-of-the-
art information systems that are compliant to government policies and standards
including the Human Resource Information System, the Reorganization Information
Management System, among others. He spearheads the conduct of business process
review and analysis for the identification of automation requirements and facilitates the
conduct of system users’ training. He completed his Master in Public Administration at
Ateneo de Davao University and his Master in Human Resource Management at Griffith
University, Queensland, Australia.

Kristina Denoga

Presenter 4

Pre-sales Lead for Business Intelligence in the last 7 years.
Synopsis: Governments are turning to analytics to improve efficiencies,
lower costs and make better decisions. With all the data being amassed by
government agencies and departments there really is a need to rethink and
retool the way they collect, manage, archive and use data and the need to
break down silos to adapt a more integrated way of sharing information.
Analytics plays an important role in transforming big data into insights
and useful information for better decisions that translates to better
government services for our citizens.

Andre Joseph Tiro Fournier

Facilitator

VP-IT, Facilities and Support
Focusinc Group...

SEGMENT 2: Turbocharging the Digital Superhighway

Andre Joseph Tiro Fournier

Facilitator

He was responsible for starting up the call center industry in Davao City,
recognized as the “Father” of the BPO industry in Davao. Cited in 2005 in
the Wall Street Journal for efforts in developing call center training.
Focusinc Group- VP-IT,Facilities and Support
TaskUs Philippines – Global Data Protection Officer
Former Chairman, ICT Committee, Davao City Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Member, Board of Trustees, Davao City Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Past President ICT Council of Davao
Graduate of Master’s of Business Process Management(IT) in Queensland
University of Technology , Brisbane , Australia
Australia Leadership Award (ALA) Scholar
Ateneo De Manila Graduate School of Business, Masters in Business
Administration
Focusinc Group is an outsourcing company based in New York with facilities
in Davao and Bacolod. Our clients range from customer service enterprises
in Australia to Medical Billing firms in the United States. www.
Focusincgroup.com

Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos

Presenter 1

Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos

Presenter 1

Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos is an independent researcher specializing in
telecommunications and information and communications technology (ICT)
policy, and the impact of technology on development and society. Her areas
of interest include telecom/ICT regulation and competition policy,
e-government, e-democracy, and universal ICT access. Currently, she works
as the lead policy researcher of a DFAT-funded project on broadband with
The Asia Foundation, as a national ICT research consultant at the Asian
Development Bank, and as a telecoms advisor for Vriens & Partners. She’s
vice president for policy of the Internet Society (ISOC) Philippines
Chapter and, in March 2017, convened the Better Broadband Alliance, a
coalition of citizens and stakeholders who are committed to supporting
policy initiatives that bring better broadband services to the Filipino
people.

Hon. Alan A. Silor

Reactor 1

Assistant Secretary for Infostructure Management Bureau and Other Special
Concerns DICT.

SEGMENT 3: Keynote Presentations

Hon. Alan A. Silor

Technology Innovations in the BIMP EAGA Region

Assistant Secretary for Infostructure Management Bureau and Other Special
Concerns DICT.

Benbrackie Y. Melasa

Reactor 2

Head Corporate Relationship Management
PLDT Enterprise

SEGMENT 3: Keynote Presentations

Benbrackie Y. Melasa

Reactor 2

PLDT Enterprise is the corporate business arm of the leading
telecommunications and digital services provider in the country. Through
its different units, the Enterprise group is dedicated to deliver an array
of fixed-line, wireless, and ICT solutions that enable business owners to
adapt to evolving technological needs by means of providing access to
innovative solutions that optimize efficiency, continuity, connectivity,
and enhanced customer experience.
Leveraging on PLDT’s robust nationwide infrastructure, PLDT Enterprise
makes it its mission to empower businesses of all sizes with innovative
solutions and technologies aimed to bring business to the next level and
remain competitive amidst the global digital disruption.

Xavier Eric Manalastas has established himself as a leader in the field of
Business Process Outsourcing in the Philippines through his role as
President/CEO of Next BPO Solutions Inc, a customized outsourcing service
provider. Starting back in 1995 when he pioneered internet services in Gen.
Santos city, Eric is able to put his long experience in the field of
information and communications technology to use in this emerging industry,
winning multiple awards in Excellence and Leadership in Outsourcing along
the way.

Received the “Golden Globe Tigers Award (GGTA) for Excellence and
Leadership in Outsourcing” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Takahiro Sasaki

Presenter 1

Tsurumi Motivation Square & University of Tokyo

SEGMENT 4: Outsourcing Services and Talent

Takahiro Sasaki

Presenter 1

Joined the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1984. For three
years starting in 1987, he worked as a JICA expert in the Philippines.
Later when ODA for Vietnam resumed in 1993, he worked for two years at the
embassy in Vietnam. In 2002, he took the post of chief representative of
the JICA Myanmar Office, which he held for three and-a-half years. He
subsequently worked in the Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, and in
October 2011, he took his position as chief representative of the JICA
Philippines Office from 2011 to 2014. He worked as Director General of
Financial Cooperation Implementation Department until 2017. He took
currently the position as a project researcher in Office of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, The University of Tokyo. He acts as the representative
from Tsurumi Motivation Square in 2018.

Yolanda Stern

Presenter 2

Past President, FPACC
President & CEO, One World Institute
San Francisco, California

SEGMENT 4: Outsourcing Services and Talent

Yolanda Stern

Presenter 2

FPACC Head of Mission 2018
A Daughter of Mindanao, founder and chair emerita of the US Federation of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce (FPACC) and President of One World Institute (OWI), a California not-for-profit foundation, with over 30 years of experience in Health, Education, Disaster and Relief Missions in the Philippines and Cambodia.
Alumna of Zamboanga Normal College; St. Mary’s College; and University of California (UC) Berkeley.

Ramcis N. Vilchez, MIT

Presenter 3

Dean, University of Mindanao, College of Computing Education. Vice-President,
CDITE-XI

SEGMENT 4: Outsourcing Services and Talent

Ramcis N. Vilchez, MIT

Presenter 3

Dean, University of Mindanao, College of Computing Education
Vice-President, CDITE-XI

CDITE-XI (Commission on Higher Education XI Council of Deans for
Information Technology Education in Region XI)

Greg D. Bravo

Presenter 4

Director – Campus Recruitment, PH
College Connect Program
SUTHERLAND

SEGMENT 4: Outsourcing Services and Talent

Greg D. Bravo

Presenter 4

Sutherland is a process transformation company focused on helping companies rethink the way business gets done. Whether transforming your financial processes, applying analytics to customer care, or leveraging experience design to build a customer journey map, we are experts in re-engineering process.

Jimmie Loe P. dela Vega, MA

Panelist 1

Executive Director, DACS (Davao Association of Catholic Schools)

SEGMENT 4: Outsourcing Services and Talent

Jimmie Loe P. dela Vega, MA

Panelist 1

MR. JIMMIE-LOE P. DE LA VEGA has served as Program Officer and then as Executive Director of the Davao Association of Catholic Schools since 1990.

Mr. dela Vega is an organizer of development programs for school administrators, teachers and students. Since 1997 until September 2017 he served as Regional Project Coordinator of the Private Education Assistance Committee – Fund for Assistance to Private Education (PEAC-FAPE) for the Department of Education’s Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education which included the Educational Service Contracting Program and Teachers Salary Subsidy. He was also Regional Coordinator for the Senior High School Voucher Program beneficiaries in the Davao Region.

Regina Evangelista

Regina Evangelista is the CEO of Mr. Outsource where VA agency based in
Davao City; the author of the Outsourcing Mastery: 17 secrets on how to
outsource to the Philippines; one founding members of the National
Association for Online Freelancers.

Tom Secuya

Track 1 Presenter 1

Tom Secuya

Presenter 1

He is the Founder and Chief Imagination Officer of CARVE — the first and biggest digital agency in Davao that brings brands and business strategies to life. He serves a team of 60 people that help different industries around the globe through design & digital marketing. The CARVE team aims to create more creatives, and disrupt the pattern through its purpose to change the world.

Gary L. Mingle CPA

Track 1 Presenter 2

Gary L. Mingle CPA

Presenter 2

Gary L. Mingle CPA is seasoned business executive with substantial
experience as board member, CEO and CFO in various non-for-profits, public,
and private companies. Currently involved with many tech companies as board
member or officer. Specialize in managing, structuring, and financing
projects and company startups. Substantial public speaking, including
teaching part time at University of California, Berkeley and other public
and private universities. Education includes degrees from the University of
Chicago and various other public and private Universities.

Jennifer L. Pacilan

Track 1 Panel 2

Jennifer Pacilan

Panel 2

Owner/Professional Freelancer
Virtual Help
Virtual Help is a Digital Marketing Agency that aims to help local and international clients with Web Content Writing, Copywriting, Social Media Management, and Marketing and SEO. It started out as a dream after working in the BPO Industry for more than five (years) and teaching English online and offline to Korean, Chinese and Filipino students. As a single mother to my three (3) growing kids, I wanted to find a work that will allow me to support them while being there for them most of the time. It was the long commute, the not-so-pleasant weather conditions in Manila that prompted me to pack our bags and come home to Davao and find a sustainable job. But to my dismay, the pay I used to receive in the metro weren't the same earnings I had here. So I decided to "befriend" the internet and continued searching for work online. Luckily for me, I stumbled upon an agency that offered work online to Filipino people. It was my 3 years experience in the travel industry (thank you, BPO!) that paved the way to my career in the freelancing world. But after 3 years of working with the agency, I realized there was still so much waiting for me, so I enrolled in training programs which I knew would be helpful as I took on a new path away from my comfort zone. After so many sleepless nights, weighing the pros and cons with my children and several certifications on my wall, Virtual Help was born.

Juliana Hellmuth

Track 1 Panel 3

Juliana Hellmuth

Panel 3

Juliana Hellmuth is a 22-year old multimedia artist and photographer with a degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising from Fashion Institute of Design and Arts. Ever since at the age of 17, she has worked in the freelance world while balancing her academics and now has transitioned into a digital nomad, working as a content creator and writer for international clients.

Marx Consuegra

Track 1 Panel 4

UX Designer and Community Builder
Member, DUAAD (Davao United Association of Animators and Designers)...

Marx Consuegra

Panel 4

Community founder of Davao Graphic Designers Community and UXDVO. Currently working as a UX Designer for a Real Estate Tech Startup Company based in Silicon Valley with Engineering office in Davao called Onerent. Co-founder of community led co-working space in Davao called Spacelab Co-working Space.

Mary Rose Ofianga

Track 2 Facilitator

Mary Rose Ofianga

Facilitator

With passion on innovation and entrepreneurship, Rose wants to see a change
in the entrepreneurial mindset of the Filipinos especially the women. She
just quit her job and now working as an entrepreneur while creating more
entrepreneurs in the Philippines. It takes a community to raise an
entrepreneur, so from her experience and network of innovators and
entrepreneurs, she is building a vibrant space for creatives, innovators,
makers, entrepreneurs, aspiring ones and the key players industry including
government, corporate and investors in Cebu and Mindanao. She conducts
training on lean startups, organize events on innovation, and mentor tech
startups while building her own.

Resa Embutin

Track 2 Facilitator

Resa Embutin

Presenter 1

Resa Embutin is a multimedia artist, freelance designer and a part-time instructor at the University of Mindanao. Her line of works are in creative approach for various industries such as game development asset creation, mural painting and visual branding.

Monique Dingding

Track 2 Presenter 2

Monique Dingding

Presenter 2

Monique Dingding is currently the remote lead software developer at
Pronexis, Inc., a top lead development platform in the franchised home
service industry in the United States, providing a fully integrated,
bespoke solutions for lead generation, detailed lead sources reporting,
business listing management and customer service.

Ma. Lenzy Lala

Track 2 Presenter 3

Ma. Lenzy Lala

Presenter 3

Digital Marketing Specialist with over six years of experience, specializing in SEO, Google Analytics, and AdWords. She currently works as Growth Team Lead and Digital Marketing Specialist at Onerent, a real estate tech startup based in Silicon Valley.

Onerent is a tech startup company based in Silicon Valley. We provide Property Management service in San Franciso Bay Area, Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles. Our core competency lies in our integrated platform that allows automation in managing properties

Peng Sumarago

Track 2 Presenter 4

Peng Sumarago

Presenter 4

A creative artist both in traditional and digital design. A graduate of BS
Information Technology at the University of Mindanao and member of DGDC and
Devcon Philippines. She's been in the tech industry for 5 years now and
currently working as a Product Designer at Ingenuity.

Bea Trizia Jimenez

Track 2 Presenter 5

Peng Sumarago

Presenter 5

Bea Trizia Jimenez is an illustrator and storyboard artist. She has been illustrating professionally since 2013 mainly for short animations, explainer videos, and mobile game designs. She's a 2013 graduate of Ateneo de Davao University with a bachelor's degree in Information Technology. She's currently part of the team at Plainly Simple Studios, an animation studio based in Davao City.